Who Framed Watcher Wabbit?

Note: This addon has been rewritten because of the changes to the quest tracker in WoD. Most everything has been re-implemented so far. (Button skinning has not been added yet, for example.)

KNOWN ISSUE: Blizzard's new quest tracker is very delicate and taints very easily, not allowing you to use quest items from the tracker itself. If this happens and a window pops up, click "Ignore". You can use one of several available addons to use quest items. I use the quest items ring on OPie, for example, or there is also QuickQuestItem or ExtraQuestButton or QuestItemButtonFix.

This addon will add many improvements to the new quest tracker frame. The slash command is /wfww. You may also alt-click the tracker's collapse button to access the options.

Features:

allows the quest tracker to be moved wherever you please

quest tracker will collapse in whichever direction it's anchored to (just up or down in WoD currently)

History:
With the new quest tracker losing its ability to be moved freely, I set about adding support for it back into my minimap addon, PocketPlot. But it just wasn't as simple anymore with the way it was coded. So, I set out to create a standalone addon (or at least a module for PocketPlot). Originally named Movable WatchFrame, I started adding other features to the addon. Then I had to change its name, because it did much more than just moved the tracker. Thanks to Recompense for suggesting "Who Framed Watcher Wabbit?"

Looking for more?
These are other addons to enhance your questing experience which are tried and tested with WFWW. If you know of any more, let me know via PM and I can add them to this list.

Known Issue:
If you alter the font size too much, you may have to reload your UI in order to have the quest tracker redrawn. Some text may also overlap if it flows onto a second line. In this case, consider adjusting the whole frame's scale instead.

v.2.2
- updated TOC for 6.2
- added new option to display number of quests in log at top of tracker
- fixed display of "Objectives" text when the tracker is scrolled and then minimized
- right-clicking the minimize button to show the quest log will now click "View All Quests" for you - which is the reason why you opened the log, right?

v.2.1.1
- fix bug with hidden scrollbar intercepting your mouse when you have scrolling disabled
- fix bug with pet battles (new objective tracker hides by default now, so WFWW's collapse in pet battles option now keeps the tracker from hiding, but will still collapse it)

v.2.0.1
- removed offending code that was causing taint that prevented you from using quest items - new tracker, why you have to be so delicate??? (this also caused an option or two to disappear, and you may need to reload the UI if making changes to the font or font size)
- yay, better solution to keybind code changes! (NOTE: do a clean install or delete the old bindings.xml file)
- fixed the nil "header" error
- catching a few more fontstrings

v.2.0
- rewritten for WoD
- most features have been re-implemented
- please file a bug report at my portal if you find any issues

v.1.9
- updated TOC for 5.2
- updated libraries

v.1.8.1
- should always be able to collapse/expand the watch frame now, even when the default UI doesn't think so
- will no longer show you as tracking 1 objective when really tracking nothing

v.1.5.3
- watch frame now expands if you get an auto-quest popup when it's collapsed

v.1.5.2
- fixed expand/collapse button again - now it's not too high
- bumped TOC version cause I forgot to before

v.1.5.1
- raise strata of collapse button so that its usable even if header text overlaps it from a large font size

v.1.5
- added a keybind to toggle (min/max) the quest tracker. You can set it in the WFWW options

v.1.4
- support for wide quest tracker feature for 3.3.3
- support for rActionButtonStyler skins (well, sorta - it just looks to see if it's installed, and then uses the skin texture/color)
- new options to change line spacing (thanks, seebs)
- random bug fixes and code cleanup for 3.3.3 and above changes

v.1.3.1
- fixed bug when mousing over achievements. Now you'll see the tooltip for the achievement instead!

v.1.3
- added tooltip for quests in the tracker, displaying their objective text
- added support for nUI (to keep it from hogging the watch frame) - thanks, Xrystal! (I did not add nUI to the OptionalDeps line in the .toc, figuring that since WFWW starts with a W, it would load close to the end. PLEASE let me know if I need to fix anything!)
- added option to remove the font shadow
- organized options a bit better

v.1.2
- added option to hide the watch frame when no quests or achievements are being tracked

v. 1.1.1
- fixed bug where your set height would not be reapplied when re-expanding the tracker

v. 1.1
- watch frame now remembers if it was collapsed before (saved per character)

By some reason anchor option not working. My tracker remains in topright position regardless of what i check in dropdown list. Reloading UI not fixing this. Any clues?

Thanks

You have another addon interfering or controlling its placement. Disable all other addons and try again to check.

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I don't think so. I have seen that error (or similar) in the past (starting with the WotLK beta), and I've seen it thrown around the forums plenty of times.

I'm not sure what causes it.

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Originally posted by merneith I've been using this for a couple weeks now and I have to say I like it a lot. It's very usable and lightweight. (I've also been using Pocket Plot and it's the best minimap mod I've seen in ages.)

The only thing I miss on the tracker is a scrollbar for when I have many quests and want to see them all. Are you planning to add such a feature? I know it's not part of the standard set up. Would it be a pain to do?

If you are willing to sacrifice some features, you could use Scrolling Watch Frame. A scroll bar is on my mental list of possible features, but I admit that its priority went lower with the addition of filtering to the quest tracker with 3.3.3...

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"You'd be surprised how many people violate this simple principle every day of their lives and try to fit square pegs into round holes, ignoring the clear reality that Things Are As They Are." -Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh

I've been using this for a couple weeks now and I have to say I like it a lot. It's very usable and lightweight. (I've also been using Pocket Plot and it's the best minimap mod I've seen in ages.)

The only thing I miss on the tracker is a scrollbar for when I have many quests and want to see them all. Are you planning to add such a feature? I know it's not part of the standard set up. Would it be a pain to do?

i saw the screenshot of an a customized Who Framed Watcher Wabbit and i wonder how you did to make that?

i've tried to change the font but all i got is a black window i've tried to change the background color but i can't make it white all i got is grey or black
funny that the border works fine and i can change that

is it a bug or do i make someting wrong?

sorry för my bad englis i'm blaming on that i'm from Sweden

Could you provide a screenshot of the the problems? So I know exactly what you're talking about?

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Originally posted by merneith I'm getting an error and I'm not sure if it's this mod or QuestRouterLite causing it, so I'm going to mention it to both of you. There's no error message or bug report, unfortunately, it's just a visual thing.

I have QRL set up to show only the next quest in the tracker log. I'm in Booty Bay and just turned in a quest to Sea Wolf Mackinley and then immediately accepted the quest "Cracking Maury's Foot". The watch frame updated to show the new quest - but there's a blue patch in the watch frame now. I know what it is - it's the colored area that Bliz's new map displays to show the location of a quest target. But I'm not sure why it's showing up in the watch frame. I did a couple of quests prior to this one, and the location map didn't show up like this. So like I said, I'm not sure where this coming from.

Yeah, I doubt that WFWW is causing that.... Is the blue blob still there after reloading the UI/relogging? If so, does it go away if you disable QRL?

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"You'd be surprised how many people violate this simple principle every day of their lives and try to fit square pegs into round holes, ignoring the clear reality that Things Are As They Are." -Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh

I'm getting an error and I'm not sure if it's this mod or QuestRouterLite causing it, so I'm going to mention it to both of you. There's no error message or bug report, unfortunately, it's just a visual thing.

I have QRL set up to show only the next quest in the tracker log. I'm in Booty Bay and just turned in a quest to Sea Wolf Mackinley and then immediately accepted the quest "Cracking Maury's Foot". The watch frame updated to show the new quest - but there's a blue patch in the watch frame now. I know what it is - it's the colored area that Bliz's new map displays to show the location of a quest target. But I'm not sure why it's showing up in the watch frame. I did a couple of quests prior to this one, and the location map didn't show up like this. So like I said, I'm not sure where this coming from.

i saw the screenshot of an a customized Who Framed Watcher Wabbit and i wonder how you did to make that?

i've tried to change the font but all i got is a black window i've tried to change the background color but i can't make it white all i got is grey or black
funny that the border works fine and i can change that

Hey Seerah. Thanks for adding the button skinning. I don't use ractionbuttonstyler, but i'm sure many do. To make this work for me I took out the line that checks for if ractionbuttonstyler is loaded and redirected the textures to use my border textures. Not sure if that breaks the integration with ractionbuttonstyler, but it worked well.

Alternate is maybe adding Buttonfacade support also? If that is too much work / bloat, I understand.

Originally posted by NeuronRider Just dropped in a bug report regarding non-displayed tracker text with the current version. If you need me to help eliminating any extra variables, just let me know.

On a totally different tangent, I noticed that one of your screen shots has little POI buttons next to the quest in the tracker. I ran a compilation before that had this, and clicking the button opened up the world map to that POI. Is it the same there?

I haven't found this in the default UI anywhere, and was wondering what you're using to accomplish that.

Thanks! Great little addon. :>

I replied to your bug report requesting further information.

Also, the POI buttons next to the quests in the quest tracker is default UI. Ensure that you have the map set to display the quest tracking stuff. I don't remember off the top of my head if there's another option anywhere that would do this in Interface Options.

Originally posted by seebs What I specifically want is to have the titles, but not the "return to ..." text. Mostly because I'll have, say, 13 daily quests in my log, and I can see whether they're done, and I don't need a reminder of where to hand them in.

I'm not going to be fiddling around with the text more than I already am. I may as well write a total quest tracker replacement instead of an enhancement.

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